I've been at this for a while now, and even with Google searches etc., I simply cannot move a selection.

I thought I had done this dozens of times before, so I'm kind of sitting here wondering - why can I suddenly not move a selection?

I already know about the "Move Layer" vs. "Move Selection" mode aspect - and I have it in "Move Selection" mode.
And it does allow me to move the selection - but not really.  It only moves the outline and never lets me move the content.  It also never creates any Floating temp layer either.

This CANNOT be this hard.  Moving stuff around is fundamental to image processing - so I MUST be missing something obvious.
Can the user really not simply select something and move it?

I have seen advice for copying and/or cutting and pasting to a new layer - but I don't want a new layer - I want to move my selection within the layer I'm working on.  What if a layer had 2-dozen items and you wanted to shift them around.  This approach would require 2-dozen layers?  That makes no sense.

I'm stumped.

thanks for any help!

Ok. i have been using gimp for years but I'm about to give up.  Ever since I switched to using 8.5 in by 8.5 in (or 8.5 by 11 in) canvas size it keeps on randomly crashing.  I'm not running out of memory at all unless it's doing some weird thing I can't view with memory management.  It says i'm using a steady 20% even when it crashes.  Once it crashes it just keeps on crashing faster and faster every time I restart it until I reboot the computer.  The problem is I actually need to print these images at some point so I can't just make them smaller and I don't want to take the resolution hit by resizing them right before I print them.

I want to apply a set of operations on all open images. Then I want to export the modified open images to a pdf.

What I tried: https://ideone.com/12JJYf

Error I got: https://ideone.com/XCprkE

Use some random parameters.

Hi,

Is it please possible to transform the first attached layer to the second (or something very similar) ?

Only the basis color changes (and it is only 1 color), but it is an attenuation on the left part of the layer.

Thanks  

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When I open "Image Properties" the display shows the size in pixels and the resolution in pixels/inch (PPI)
But tells me the "Print Size" in mm !?
Is there a way to tell GIMP to show the size in inches?

The documentation says: 
"Print size
    Shows the size the image will have when it is printed, in the current units."

But I can't find documentation for how to set the "current units"

I have a photo of a barn. It is taken at an angle to the front wall instead of looking straight on at the wall. In other words, you can not measure (with the measure tool) the wall length. How can I adjust image to allow true measurement?
I included the image.

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Generally auto white balance (Colours > Auto > White balance) does a great job for me but in some circumstances it's pretty bad. Is it possible for me to intervene to make it behave without having to try do it entirely manually?

Here is the image (two different links to the same image; white background turns blue when auto white balance is used):

https://imgur.com/a/xtt4JbJ
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2qg7yc4o0gxjdx...2.jpg?dl=0


It would be handy if I could select an area that is supposed to be white, like some kind of semi-auto.

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Ik downloaded GIMP.299.10 from the direct link on the GIMP.org site.
Installation on my Windows 10 system, Avast antivirus blocked the installation with following alerts
- Smime3.dll
- mss3.dll
- msutil3.dll
- libnspr4.dll
Infected with Win32:malOb-U(Cryp) malware.
Researching, i learned this virus is a major menace to the operating system.I tried tot report this to GIMP.org but couldn't get a working account on gnome gitlab.
Can someone check what's happening
Thanks

When I start Gimp from a terminal, I get the advisory " GLib-GObject-WARNING: Two different plugins tried to register 'GeglOpvector-fill_c'"

I've never noticed that it causes any problem, is this anything I should be working to isolate?

Hi, I am looking for someone who would make for me a picture of my music album. It is called Electrobolt. I look forward for any posts!

Here you can listen the Album: https://soundcloud.com/user-388161829

As you can see i have only basic picture of the album.